Nov. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1841

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-six.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Commissioners to classify Rural Lands in Marlborough appointed.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities
vested in me by the one hundred and eighty-ninth sec-
tion of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, David, Earl of Glasgow,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby ap-
point

JAMES MCKERROW,
STEPHENSON PERCY SMITH, and
SIDNEY WEETMAN,

Commissioners to classify and report to me upon the rural
lands in the Land District of Marlborough at present held
under pastoral licenses expiring on or about the twenty-
eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-seven: as provided by section one hundred and
eighty-nine of “The Land Act, 1892,” aforesaid.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this thirtieth day of October, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-six.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be the
Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and
Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their
names, viz.:-

Name. District.
JOHN REDMOND .. .. .. .. Bull’s.
FRANCIS WILLIAM CRAIG .. .. Cheviot.
PETER BARCLAY MACGREGOR .. .. Timaru.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Rangers under the Animals Protection Acts, South Canterbury, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 31st October, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

BOYD THOMSON,
EDWARD GILLUM,
HENRY JOHN EVANS,
JAMES HOWE MORRIS, and
DONALD MACLEOD

to be Rangers, under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,”
and the Acts amending the same, for the District of South
Canterbury.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Officers under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” South Canterbury, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 31st October, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the power and
authority conferred by section 9 of “The Fisheries
Conservation Act, 1884,”

BOYD THOMSON, of Temuka;
EDWARD GILLUM, of Winchester;
HENRY JOHN EVANS, of Pareora;
JAMES HOWE MORRIS, of Cave; and
DONALD MACLEOD, of Riverslea, Temuka,

have been appointed officers for the purposes of that Act
for the South Canterbury District, comprising the Counties
of Mackenzie, Geraldine, and Levels.

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Appointment of German Consul at Christchurch.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 31st October, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified
that he has been informed by Her Majesty’s Prin-
cipal Secretary of State for the Colonies that the Queen’s
exequatur empowering

PHILIP KIPPENBERGER, Esq.,

to act as German Consul at Christchurch has received Her
Majesty’s signature.

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

GEORGE WILLIAM WOODS

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births
and Deaths for the District of Te Awamutu.

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

A Trustee, Auckland Savings-bank, appointed.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 5th November, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor
has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, Esq.,

to be a Trustee of the Auckland Savings-bank.

R. J. SEDDON.

Justice of the Peace appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

SPENCER GEORGE SMITH, Esq.,

of Dunedin, to be a Justice of the Peace for the colony.

W. C. WALKER,
For the Minister of Justice.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

ALFRED WHITE

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District
of Rangitata.

W. C. WALKER,
For the Minister of Justice.

Cadet appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

ROBERT HUTSON PATERSON

to be a cadet in the Magistrate’s Court at Dunedin, from
the 26th October, 1896.

W. C. WALKER,
For the Minister of Justice.

Ranger of Crown Lands, Canterbury, appointed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 30th October, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

WILLIAM HENRY WILLIAMS

to be a Ranger of Crown Lands for the Land District of
Canterbury, as from the 5th August, 1896.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.